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45 questions, 180 marks. Balance Physical calculations, Inorganic NCERT tables, and Organic reaction mechanisms.

Total NCERT Chapters: 19 Class 11: 9 chapters Class 12: 10 chapters
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Class Unit Chapter Name NEET Priority Key Focus Areas
Class 11 Physical Chemistry Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry High Mole concept, molar mass, empirical & molecular formula, stoichiometry, limiting reagent calculations, concentration terms (molarity, molality, mole fraction)
Class 11 Physical Chemistry Structure of Atom High Bohr model limitations, de Broglie relation, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, quantum numbers (n, l, m, s), Aufbau principle, Pauli exclusion, Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity
Class 11 Inorganic Chemistry Classification of Elements & Periodicity High Periodic trends in atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization enthalpy anomalies (Be vs B, N vs O), electron gain enthalpy (Cl vs F), electronegativity scales
Class 11 Inorganic / General Chemistry Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Top Priority Octet rule, Lewis structures, VSEPR theory shapes and bond angles, hybridization (sp, sp2, sp3, sp3d, sp3d2), Molecular Orbital Theory (bond order, magnetic nature of O2, N2, etc.), Hydrogen bonding
Class 11 Physical Chemistry Chemical Thermodynamics Very High First law of thermodynamics, enthalpy changes (combustion, formation, bond enthalpy, Hess's law), entropy concept, Gibbs free energy criterion for spontaneity (delta G = delta H - T delta S)
Class 11 Physical Chemistry Equilibrium Top Priority Law of mass action, Kp and Kc relations, Le Chatelier's principle, Ostwald's dilution law, pH calculation, common ion effect, buffer solutions, solubility product (Ksp) calculations
Class 11 Physical Chemistry Redox Reactions High Oxidation state rules, balancing redox equations (ion-electron and oxidation number methods), electrochemical series basics
Class 11 Organic Chemistry Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles & Techniques Top Priority IUPAC nomenclature, structural isomerism and stereoisomerism, inductive, electromeric, resonance and hyperconjugation effects, stability of carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, electrophiles vs nucleophiles
Class 11 Organic Chemistry Hydrocarbons Very High Alkanes (Wurtz reaction, free radical halogenation mechanism), Alkenes (Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov addition, ozonolysis), Alkynes (acidity of terminal alkynes), Aromatic hydrocarbons (Huckel's rule, electrophilic aromatic substitution: nitration, Friedel-Crafts)
Class 12 Physical Chemistry Solutions Very High Raoult's law, ideal vs non-ideal solutions with positive & negative deviations, Colligative properties (vapour pressure lowering, elevation in boiling point, depression in freezing point, osmotic pressure), Van't Hoff factor (i)
Class 12 Physical Chemistry Electrochemistry Very High Galvanic cell, standard electrode potential, Nernst equation calculations, conductivity and molar conductivity, Kohlrausch's law, Faraday's laws of electrolysis, batteries and fuel cells
Class 12 Physical Chemistry Chemical Kinetics Very High Rate of reaction, rate law and order vs molecularity, integrated rate equations for zero and first order reactions, half-life formulas, Arrhenius equation for temperature dependence of reaction rate
Class 12 Inorganic Chemistry d- and f-Block Elements Very High Electronic configurations, transition element properties (variable oxidation states, catalytic properties, colored ions, magnetic moments), KMnO4 and K2Cr2O7 preparation & reactions, Lanthanoid contraction and consequences
Class 12 Inorganic Chemistry Coordination Compounds Top Priority Werner's theory, IUPAC nomenclature of complexes, isomerism (structural and geometrical/optical stereoisomerism), Valence Bond Theory (inner vs outer orbital complexes), Crystal Field Theory (crystal field splitting in octahedral & tetrahedral complexes, spectrochemical series)
Class 12 Organic Chemistry Haloalkanes and Haloarenes Very High SN1 vs SN2 reaction mechanism comparisons (stereochemistry, carbocation rearrangement, solvent effects), electrophilic substitution in haloarenes, Grignard reagent preparation, environmental polyhalogen compounds
Class 12 Organic Chemistry Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers Very High Preparation of alcohols, acidity of alcohols vs phenols, Lucas test, Reimer-Tiemann reaction, Kolbe's reaction, Williamson ether synthesis and cleavage of ethers with HI
Class 12 Organic Chemistry Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Top Priority Nucleophilic addition reactions, Aldol and cross-aldol condensation, Cannizzaro reaction, Clemmensen and Wolff-Kishner reductions, Tollens' and Fehling's tests, acidity of carboxylic acids, Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky (HVZ) reaction
Class 12 Organic Chemistry Amines High Basicity of amines in gas phase vs aqueous solution, Gabriel phthalimide synthesis, Hoffmann bromamide degradation, Carbylamine test, Hinsberg test, Diazonium salts preparation and synthetic applications (Sandmeyer reaction)
Class 12 Organic / Biochemistry Biomolecules High Carbohydrates classification (reducing vs non-reducing sugars, glucose ring structure), Proteins (amino acids, peptide linkage, denaturation, primary to quaternary structure), Vitamins and Nucleic acids